If you saw this “fish advisory” sign, would you be very concerned?
This sign on Lake Monona at Law Park is how Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) decided to “inform” shoreline…
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WSJ wins doublespeak prize: Toxic leaching landfill = Hot fishing spot for Black people!
[People from Milwaukee fishing “the wall” at Monona Terrace in July 2022. Photo-Maria Powell] *** “Celebrity, swag, people and cash”…
City of Madison
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Fish Advisory
PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes
Racial disparities
UPDATE: Yahara Lakes fish advisories reflect “two Madisons”
Above: Eric Xiong from the Truax apartments fishing at Starkweather Creek where it enters Lake Monona in Olbrich Park (Photo,…
Clean Lakes Alliance: How can we help our PFAS-poisoned lakes & fish?
How can we help our PFAS-poisoned Yahara lakes and fish? Clean Lakes Alliance and its corporate sponsors–wealthy corporations, chemical producers,…
Fish from all Yahara lakes except Mendota and Wingra on advisory for PFAS
DNR: Fish from Yahara chain of lakes contaminated with PFAS; anglers warned to limit consumption Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal…
City of Madison
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Fish
PFCs or PFAS
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Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Water Pollution
Starkweather fish rests after hard work soaking up PFAS
Free time after work! (Photo by Maria Powell, Summer 2018) This fish worked very hard cleaning up the PFAS in…
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
Fish
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Public Health Madison Dane County
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
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Truax
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Wisconsin DNR
High levels of PFAS found in Starkweather Creek, Lake Monona fish (gee, what a surprise!)
In October, 2018–after months of asking the city, county, and DNR to test fish in Starkweather Creek–we posted this article…
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
Fish
PFCs or PFAS
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Water Pollution
Wisconsin DNR
PFAS spilled into Lake Monona after MGE fire; Did anyone test fish? Or warn anglers?
Photo of smoke plumes over Lake Monona from MGE and UW campus transformer fires, July 19, 2019. How much PFAS…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
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Public Health Madison Dane County
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Soil contamination
Starkweather Creek
Starkweather EJ Project
stormwater runoff
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Truax
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Wisconsin DNR
Report: Watchdogs not looking hard enough for public health hazards in lakes, fish
Touyeng Xiong, MEJO Vice President, at Starkweather Creek tributary in April 2019 (Photo by John Hart, WSJ) By Steve Verburg,…
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Toxic PFAS is in Starkweather Creek; will anyone test the fish?
Fish caught by children at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in June 2018 (they did not eat the fish). A…
PFAS studies related to fish & aquatic biota
2018. NJ. Investigation of Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in New Jersey Fish, Surface Water, and Sediment 2018. Fernandes et al.…
MEJO, East Madison Community Center Kids, and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin Go Fishing!
On Saturday, July 7, the MEJO Starkweather project team, kids in the East Madison Community Center summer programs, and Gambian…
Eat Fish, Live Longer?
Well, it depends… (Fish truck in New York City, Jan 3, 2014)
A recent Madison Commons article about eating locally caught fish and EJ
From Madison Commons: Advisories on eating fish from local lakes may not be reaching all By Yilang Peng | …